Similatives
Semantic sources, pathways, and types of usage
Special issue of Lingvisticæ Investigationes 48:2 (2025)
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[Lingvisticæ Investigationes, 48:2] 2025. v, 257 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 19 February 2026
Published online on 19 February 2026
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
- IntroductionAnna Kisiel, Hélène Vassiliadou, Valentina Benigni, Beatrice Bernasconi, Lieselotte Brems & Dejan Stosic | pp. 179–188
- The syntax of similative clauses: Insights from GermanicMarta Massaia | pp. 189–220
- ‘Wellness’ equatives and their extensions in English as well as in Dutch and GermanDaniel Van Olmen & Johan van der Auwera | pp. 221–249
- Equative and similative constructions in two Walser German linguistic islands of North-Western ItalyLivio Gaeta | pp. 250–275
- Grammaticalization of kidė as a similative marker in Contemporary EngganoCharlotte Hemmings | pp. 276–298
- Genre and style in French: Interpretative types and formal correlationsHélène Vassiliadou, Francine Gerhard-Krait & Marie Lammert | pp. 299–322
- “Stylish” similatives: A corpus-based study of style nouns in Italian and RussianValentina Benigni & Beatrice Bernasconi | pp. 323–347
- On the similative uses of esprit and dukh in French and RussianElena Vladimirska & Jeļena Gridina | pp. 348–376
- Marking similarity “in the style of”: Czech prepositional phrases with (non-)taxonomic nouns in contrast with PolishMarkéta Janebová, Michaela Martinková & Anna Kisiel | pp. 377–404
- Noun-based similarity markers in Serbian: A surveyDejan Stosic & Ljubica Đurić | pp. 405–435
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